diff --git a/lib/importproject.cpp b/lib/importproject.cpp
index 0eebe0bdb0a5..34780f7cd490 100644
--- a/lib/importproject.cpp
+++ b/lib/importproject.cpp
@@ -553,6 +553,8 @@ namespace {
             }
         }
 
+        // see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/msbuild/msbuild-conditions
+        // properties are .NET String objects and you can call any of its members on them
         bool conditionIsTrue(const ProjectConfiguration &p) const {
             if (condition.empty())
                 return true;
@@ -560,13 +562,14 @@ namespace {
             replaceAll(c, "$(Configuration)", p.configuration);
             replaceAll(c, "$(Platform)", p.platformStr);
 
-            // TODO: evaluate without using the Tokenizer
+            // TODO: improve evaluation
             const Settings s;
-            Tokenizer tokenizer(s, nullptr);
+            TokenList tokenlist(&s);
             std::istringstream istr(c);
-            tokenizer.tokenize(istr,"vcxproj.c");
-            for (const Token *tok = tokenizer.tokens(); tok; tok = tok->next()) {
+            tokenlist.createTokens(istr, Standards::Language::C); // TODO: check result
+            for (const Token *tok = tokenlist.front(); tok; tok = tok->next()) {
                 if (tok->str() == "(" && tok->astOperand1() && tok->astOperand2()) {
+                    // TODO: this is wrong - it is Contains() not Equals()
                     if (tok->astOperand1()->expressionString() == "Configuration.Contains")
                         return ('\'' + p.configuration + '\'') == tok->astOperand2()->str();
                 }
diff --git a/test/testimportproject.cpp b/test/testimportproject.cpp
index a21819c60ec4..7129f4f98776 100644
--- a/test/testimportproject.cpp
+++ b/test/testimportproject.cpp
@@ -389,6 +389,27 @@ class TestImportProject : public TestFixture {
     }
 
     // TODO: test fsParseCommand()
+
+    // TODO: test vcxproj conditions
+    /*
+    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+    <Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+    <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|x64">
+    <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+    <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    </ItemGroup>
+    <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
+    <ClCompile>
+    <PreprocessorDefinitions>CPPCHECKLIB_IMPORT</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+    </ClCompile>
+    </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+    <ItemGroup>
+    <ClCompile Include="main.c" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+    </Project>
+    */
 };
 
 REGISTER_TEST(TestImportProject)